chirp_stream_files(1)

NAME

SYNOPSIS

DESCRIPTION

chirp_stream_files is a tool for moving data from one machine to and from many machines, with the option to split or join the file along the way. It is useful for constructing scatter-gather types of applications on top of Chirp.

chirp_stream_files copy duplicates a single file to multiple hosts. The <localfile> argument names a file on the local filesystem. The command will then open a connection to the following list of hosts, and stream the file to all simultaneously.

chirp_stream_files split divides an ASCII file up among multiple hosts. The first line of <localfile> is sent to the first host, the second line to the second, and so on, round-robin.

chirp_stream_files join collects multiple remote files into one. The argument <localfile> is opened for writing, and the remote files for reading. The remote files are read line-by-line and assembled round-robin into the local file.

In all cases, files are accessed in a streaming manner, making this particularly efficient for processing large files. A local file name of - indicates standard input or standard output, so that the command can be used in a pipeline.

COPYRIGHT

The Cooperative Computing Tools are Copyright (C) 2003-2004 Douglas Thain and Copyright (C) 2005-2015 The University of Notre Dame. This software is distributed under the GNU General Public License. See the file COPYING for details.